Ottmar Hitzfeld Quotes

Klopp is a great tactician and a great coach.

What football means to an Italian coach is tactics, trying to control the game by following the ideas and systems of the manager.

Ally MacLeod thinks that tactics are a new kind of mint.

Sarri is meticulous, passionate about tactics, he likes to make the team play well.

For Guardiola, the system and tactics can change but not the approach, attitude, or philosophy.

I went a week to see Mourinho at training, and another week with Guardiola. I learned from the two, I took important things from both.

People get the impression that we approach football without method: that we're a bunch of skilled individualists. This just isn't so. I'm all for individuality. But I personally go through every tactical plan before every match.

Mr Conte is important as a coach that is able to really implement a game plan.

I prefer the 4-2-3-1 formation and stick to it but have my own interpretations.

You can learn a lot from Pep Guardiola. From pre-season to the match itself. He has a vision of the game that is impressive.

Guardiola improved me a lot as a footballer. He taught me a lot of things, and that's why, in every interview I'm asked, I always say the same thing: He is the best manager that I have worked with.

You have to do a lot of planning, certainly in football. We watch the opposition three or four times before we play them.

Tactics are just a part of football because the players are playing.

You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.

There are few secrets in football. So execute.

Quarterbacks coach, I would do at Tennessee. Head coach? Absolutely not.

I think Jurgen Klopp is doing a great job at Liveprool. The style of play is the opposite of Guardiola.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

In the dressing room, we know that Arsene Wenger is the boss.

That was part of coaching: to teach your receivers how to get free.

Mike D'Antoni is a great offensive mind. He's a great coach.

Everything is focused on the coach. It's what happens in football.

People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.

As a player, I was always interested in tactics and how I can get better.

Guardiola has helped me so when I receive the ball, I have space.